Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 44817, Rufus Fitch, Conn. Continental

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Conn. Continental.
Fitch, Rufus
S. 44817
CONTENTS

Transferred
New York Pennsylvania
Rufus Fitch, Serjt. Capt. B. Lefl - 6 th Reg. Wyllys - Connecticut line - 1777. Three years
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 11 th of April, 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 29 th of July, 1818 and sent to the care of John Grover Esq; Auburn, Cayuga Co. N.Y.
Arrears to 4 th of Sept r . 1818. $: 38.40. Sum and after ending
4 months, \frac{24}{30} $: 38.40
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1813 }
Wyllys
Eastern
See letter 5 May 1811 to Pension agents at Albany Examined with Orig. Rolls Aug 1883 M c L.
transferred to New York 24 th March 1830 from 4 th March 1828 since 9 th Feb 1831 and sent to St. Gen. A. McKim Esq.
Jan 30th 1821 to Hon. A. Farrelly H on . Secy. War Dec 7 th 1822 sent

John Grover, Esquire, Judge, Aurora, Cayuga Co. New York.
Rufus Fitch, Esq. t Connecticut line, Revolutionary Claim.
found on the rolls.
Correct.
April 11, 1818.

Rufus Gitch

State of New York Cayuga County ss
Rufus Fitch of the Town of Auburn County aforesaid being duly sworn saith that in December 1775 he enlisted under Willis Cleft in the 1 st Company in Colonel Durknee's Regiment in the Continental line for one year & served during said term: after which he continued a volunteer till the Spring of 1777 - then enlisted under Capt. Cleft in Colonel Samuel Wyllys Regiment in same line for three years as a Sergeant and did the duty of Quarter Master Sergeant during the said term of 3 years when he was honorably discharged at Morristown in New Jersey, but has lost his discharge And the deponent further saith that by reason of in- firmity & reduced circumstances, he is in need of as- sistance from his country for support. Rufus Fitch
State of New York Cayuga County ss
Personally appeared before John Grover Esq r Judge of the Court of common pleas in and for the County of Cayuga Rufus Fitch, above named and to me known and made oath upon the Holy Evangelists that the contents of the above affidavit are true. And I the said Judge do certify to the Hon. the Secretary of the war department that I am satisfied that the above affidavit is true
Dated Ap r 11. 1818.
John Grover Esq r of Cayuga Com. pleas -

State of New York
County of Cayuga
I hereby certify that John Grover Esquire before whom the within Affidavit appears to have been made was at the time of taking the same a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County acting under the authority of this State, that full faith & credit are due to his Official acts in that capacity and that his signature thereto subscribed is Genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of said County the Eleventh day of April A. D. 1838.
E. T. Mroop Clk

Exemplification of proceedings on the matter of Rufus Fitch an applicant for a Pension. —
Pennsylvania 210
Rufus Fitch.
— Secy
Samuel Hester Deputy

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Warren County Ys
On this seventh day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred Twenty personally appeared in open court of Common pleas held in and for the County of Warren in the Commonwealth aforesaid being a court of record for the said County, and a court which proceeds according to the course of the common law, having a Jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount and keeping a record of its proceedings, Rufus Fitch aged Sixty Six years and about one month, resident in the township of Brokenstraw in the County aforesaid, and late of Mentz in the County of Cayuga in the State of New York, who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on his oath declare, that he served in the revolutionary war as follows: that is to say, that he enlisted as a private at Cambridge in Massachusetts into the Regiment commanded by Col. Dooke of the Connecticut line of the Army and into the Company commanded by Capt. Willis Clapp about the last of December in the year of our Lord one thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy five - that he enlisted for one year and faithfully served the united States until the expiration of the said term - that afterwards in the Spring of 1777 he enlisted for three years into the Company of Capt. Willis Clapp and Regiment of Col. Samuel Wyllis being to the best of his recollection the Second Regiment of the Connecticut line of the Army - that he enlisted as a Sergeant and was ordered to do the duties of a Quartermaster Sergeant for the regiment, that he served until his time of service expired when he was honorably discharged at Morristown in the State of New Jersey, that to the best of his recollection he applied for relief in conformity to the act of Congress of the eighteenth of March 1818 sometime in the month of May 1818 that he has received a pension Certificate which is now in the hands of Salomon

G. Grover of Auburn in the State of New York his agent to obtain the money due thereon which puts it out of his power to State the number of said certificate in this declaration it being a distance of two hundred miles from his present residence to Auburn. And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 th day of March 1818 and that I have not since that time by gift, sale, or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it, as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war" passed on the 18 th day of March 1818, and that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property, or securities, contracts, or debts, due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed. — this declarant also states that he is unable to labour and that when he is able to attend to it and can get employment he is employed in teaching school — that he has no family residing with him but has two daughters dependent on him for support and on whom he has expended nearly all the money which he has received on account of his pension — his daughter Abigail is fifteen years of age and being a cripple is unable to do much for her support that his daughter Sophronia is of the age of eleven years and owing to her youth and feeble constitution is in a manner dependent on him for support
Sworn to and declared the 7 th day of September AD 1820 before me in open Court
Rufus Filch
(Lansing) Wetmore Proth.
A schedule of the estate real and personal of Rufus Filch of the County of Warren and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

Real Estate
Some time ago I purchased of one William Smith for one hundred Dollars which is now due and unpaid his right to a contract for the purchase of a tract of land (being part of the land called the Holland Company lands) situate in Brokenstraw Township in the county aforesaid and containing about four hundred acres. I have never paid any thing on said contract and the land being with the exception of a very few acres unimproved is unproductive of any benefit to me, and I do not expect to be able to pay for the land. I have also transferred all my right to Horatio Dix of Jamestown in the state of New York to secure a debt of about twenty dollars which I owe to said Dix
Personal Estate
There may be due me about ten dollars from the persons in whose employ I am as a school teacher, I am unable to state the exact sum that would be due me on an settlement but am confident that it must be small — I have received no pension money since last September, though it is possible my agent may have received some of late
Debts which I owe
I owe David Stillman upwards of thirty dollars I owe John Brown twelve Dollars for which he has a Judgment I owe John Foster twenty five dollars I owe William C. White twenty six dollars
Besides the debts above enumerated I owe several small debts the amount of which I cannot ascertain with any degree of exactness the debt to Dix of about twenty Dollars which is secured as aforesaid and the hundred dollars which I gave for the land contract aforesaid. and I do swear that the above is a correct statement of my real and personal Estate and of the debts I owe to the best of my knowledge and recollection
Rufus Fitch

Sworn to and declared on this seventh day of September A.D. 1820 before me in open Court
Lansing Wetmore Proth.
Warren County Ps
I Lansing Wetmore Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the county of Warren in the Common- wealth of Pennsylvania do hereby - certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed are
truly copied from the record of said Court, and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is as follows (viz) that the land bought by Rufus Fitch as mentioned in his schedule is not worth more than he has agreed to give for it; and that after deducting the whole amount of property rights and credits of the said Rufus from the whole amount of debts owed by him, he owes Eighty dollars more than the amount of said property rights and credits
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said Court on this seventh day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and twenty
Lansing Wetmore Proth. for Samuel Easton Deputy
Exemplification of foregoing On the matter of Rufus Fitch an application for a Pension. Pennsylvania 210 Rufus Fitch

State of New-York, Chautauque County, } ss. CLERK'S OFFICE.
[HULL & NEWCOME, Printers...Westfield.]
I, James B. Lowry, Clerk of the County of Chautauque, do hereby certify, that Sharon Bly, Esq. whose name is subscribed to the certificate for the due execution of the annexed affidavit & certificate — and endorsed thereon, was, on the day of the date of said certificate, s. a Justice of the Peace — in and for the county of Chautauque, aforesaid, dwelling in said county, commissioned and sworn, and duly authorized by law to take affidavits &c.
And further : That I am acquainted with the hand writing of said Justice and verily believe, that the signature, Sharon Bly — subscribed to the said certificate, is the proper hand-writing of the said
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said county, the fourteenth day of April — A. D. 18 30
James B. Lowry Clerk

APPLICATION FOR A TRANSFER.
County of Chautauque ss.
On this 10 th day of April 1830, before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the said county of Chautauque personally appeared Rufus Fitch who, on his oath, declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain Wills Clegg in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Samuel Wyllys in the service of the United States; that his name was placed on the pension roll of the State of Pennsylvania from whence he has lately removed; that he now resides in the State, (District, or Territory,) of New York where he intends to remain, and wishes his pension to be there payable, in future. The following are his reasons for removing from the Agency of Pennsylvania to that of New York , viz Because I am now in the 75 th year of my Age consequently past labor, and have Children residing in State who are able willing to sustain me in the decline of Life, with them I wish to live and die. Sworn and subscribed to, before me, } Rufus Fitch the, day and year aforesaid. }
Sherron Bly 7/90
The oath to be taken before a duly qualified Magistrate, whose official character and signature must be properly authenticated. The county Clerk, Secretary of State, or some other officer, must certify, under his seal of office, that the officer who administered the oath is a Justice of the Peace, Judge, Mayor, Alderman, or Notary Public, as the case may be, and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine.
The oath must be supported by the testimony of some respectable person, as to the Pensioner's identity. He must swear, that the person who has taken the above oath is the person described in the affidavit. The Magistrate must certify, that the witness is a person of veracity; and the affidavit must also be authenticated in the manner above directed.
County of Chautauque ss on this 10 th day of April 1830 before me the subscriber a justice of the Peace for the said county of Chautauque personally appeared Isaac S Fitch who on his oath declares that the said Rufus Fitch who signed the above Affidavit is the same Rufus Fitch that has formerly drawn a pension in the State of Pennsylvania Sworn and subscribed to before me Isaac S Fitch the day and year aforesaid Sherron Bly 7/90 I hereby certify that Isaac S Fitch is a person of truth and veracity Sherron Bly 7/90

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____, 19_____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Bufus Fitch a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. S. 44817.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Dec. 1775 Apr. 1777 Pvt. Willis Graft. John Durkee Conn.   Apr. 1777 3 yrs Sgt Willis Graft Samuel Wyllys.   2nd Sgt      
Battles engaged in, None stated.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, enlisted in Cambridge, Mass.
Date of application for pension, Apr. 11. 1878. His claim was allowed.
Residence at date of application, Wants, Cayuga Co. N.Y.
Age at date of application, age 66 yrs in 1820. b. in Conn.
Remarks: In 1820 soldier refers to his daughters Arvella, ae. 15 yrs and  Daphronia ae. 11 yrs; in 1821 he refers to his sons, no names stated.  No further family data.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

44 817
INVALID.
Rev
1916 Aug 29. Hist. to Miss Carlotta B. Capshaw. M.B.H
File No. 44 817
Rufus Fitch Sergt. Rev. War.
Act: 18 th March 1818
Index:—Vol. 3, Page 170
[Arrangement of 1870.]

In the matter of Rufus Fitch a Pensioner...
Rufus Fitch's app n for transfer New York to Pennsylvania
Dec. 7. 1822
transferred

Commonwealth of Penna } Warren County Pa. }
In this fifth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty one before me the subscri- ber, a Justice of the Peace for the said county of Warren, personally appeared Rufus Fitch, of said county, who, on his oath, declares that he is the same person who formerly enlisted into the compa- ny commanded by Captain William Clapp in the regiment commanded by Colonel Samuel Willys in the service of the United States; that his name was placed on the pension roll of the state of New York, from whence he has lately removed; that he now resides in the Common- wealth of Pennsylvania, where he intends to re- main, and wishes his pension to be there payable in future. —
Sworn and subscribed to before me, the day and year aforesaid. John Andrews
Commonwealth of Penn a Warren County H. -
On this fifth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hun- dred and twenty one, before me, the subscriber a Justice of the peace for the said county of Warren, personally appeared Rufus Fitch of said county, who, on his oath, declares that the annexed con- tract or article is the same that is mentioned in the schedule of his property formerly transmitted to the War Office - that when he was informed that it was necessary for him to transmit an authentication

ted copy of said contract, he called on Mr. Dix, to whom as he before stated, he had made it over in security, who considering it of no value gave it up to this deponent. That said contract or article is of no value to this deponent, it being entirely out of his power ever to pay for the land mentioned therein, and lands in that vicinity having greatly declined in value within a few years nothing can be obtained for his right therein. That his object in purchasing said contract was to benefit one of his sons who at that time contemplated residing on the land, but has abandoned that idea not considering it worth the sum for which it was contracted. That neither this deponent nor any of his friends have ever paid the taxes imposed on said land, although the same is taxed every year. That he has entirely abandoned said land, and now relinquishes in favor of the United States all his claim thereto. —
Infus Firth
Sworn and subscribed to before me, the day and year aforesaid. —
John Andrews
Commonwealth of Penn a } Warren County, S. }
On this fifth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty one, personally came before me, the subscriber a Justice of the Peace for the said county, who, as his oath Lansing

that he has some knowledge of the land mentioned in the annexed articles of agreement - that he does not consider said land at the present time worth to exceed three dollars an acre - that the lands in the vicinity of said tract are constantly falling in value - and that he does verily believe that nothing could be obtained for Rufus Fitch's claim to said land. -
I sworn and subscribed to } before me, the day and year aforesaid. - - - }
Lansing Metcalf
John Andrews
State of Pennsylvania, Warren County B.
I John Brown Prothonotary of the court of common pleas for the said county of Warren do hereby certify that John Andrews Esq. who appears to have signed the above and foregoing affidavits was then and is now an acting justice of the peace for and within the said county duly commissioned and sworn and that full faith and credit is and ought to be given to all his official proceedings as well in courts of justice as otherwise I also further certify that the signature to the said affidavits is in the proper hand writing of said justice
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court at Warren this fifth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty one
John Brown

recd. April 9. 1891
Have a new Beneficiary
Hon J L Edwards In Pension office Washington City D.C.
3 7/2

Auburn April 2 nd 1831
Sir
Enclosed I enclose the affidavit of Rufus Fitch amended as by direction - the omission was my neglect. I hope the paper will now be found sufficient. The certificate sent as soon as convenient will very much oblige
Yours Respectfully A Gould
Hon J S Edwards

M rs B. B. Tuttle
Macon, Ga. Oct r 8 th 1821
Rec d 27 Oct r 1821
Ina
Gen. J. C. Calhoun,
Secretary of the Department of War
Washington City.

Warren, Warren County, Penn a
Oct. 8. 1821
Enclosed are the contract for the purchase of land mentioned in the schedule of Rufus Fitch and his application to be transferred to the Roll of Pennsylvania. In addition to what is stated in the enclosed papers, I can very cheerfully add, that his right to the land mentioned in said contract ought not to bar his application for a pension. Fitch is a very pious old man, and no one of his acquaintance can doubt his being sufficiently poor .
Yours with respect,
Oliver Hazard
Hon. J. C. Calhoun

State of New York County of Cayuga } ss
On this fifth day of March A.D. 1831; before me the subscriber, a justice of the peace for the said County of Cayuga personally appeared Rufus Fitch who on his oath declares, that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain Wells left in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Samuel Wyllis in the service of the United States. That his name was placed on the pension roll of the State of New York that he received a certificate of that fact under the signature and seal of the Secretary of War which said certificate had been left by him at Auburn with a friend, that on or about the middle of January last he called where he had before left the said certificate in order to obtain the same, but learned that it had been destroyed or mislaid and was unable to obtain the same nor has he since been able to find it. and that he now requests a new certificate in lieu thereof that will enable him to obtain his pension. and further saith not
Sworn & Subscribed this fifth day of March A.D. 1831 before me John Grover Justice of the Peace
Rufus Fitch
State of New York Cayuga County } ss
John Grover of Auburn in said State & County being duly sworn says that he is well acquainted with Rufus Fitch subscriber to the foregoing affidavit and knows him to be the person he there represents himself to be. That he this deponent acted as the agent of the said Fitch in obtaining the certificate said to be lost and in lieu of which another is sought. That he is knowing to the facts in relation to the loss of the said certificate and believes the statement of the said Fitch in relation thereto to be in all respects true. And further saith not
Sworn & Subscribed this 2 nd day of April A.D. 1831 before me Richard L. Smith Justice of the Peace

I certify that I am well acquainted with John Grover the subscriber to the foregoing affidavit and with his reputation for truth and veracity and know the same to be good Given this 2 nd day of April AD 1831
Richd L Smith
Justice of the Peace
State of New York Cayuga County } ss Clerks office }
I Michael S Myers Clerk of the County of Cayuga and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County Do Hereby certify that Richard L Smith Esquire was on the second day of April one thousand eight hundred and thirty one a Justice of the peace in and for said County duly commissioned and sworn and that full faith and credit are to be given to his acts in that capacity. And that I am acquainted with the handwriting of the said Richard L Smith and verily believe the signature to the foregoing certificate of affidavit and certificate to be his proper handwriting. In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas of said County and subscribed my name this second day of April AD 1831
M. S. Myers

State of New-York.
CAYUGA COUNTY, } ss. CLERK'S OFFICE, }
I, MICHAEL S. MYERS, Clerk of the County of Cayuga, and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for the said County: Do HEREBY CERTIFY, that John Grover Esquire, was on the fifth day of March one thousand eight hundred and thirty one a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, duly commissioned and sworn, and that full faith and credit are to be given to his acts in that capacity: And that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said John Grover and verily believe the signature to the annexed Certificate of affidavit to be his proper hand writing.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas of said County, and subscribed my name this fifth day of March A. D. 1831
M. S. Myers

Friend,
E. F. Norton Free
City Washington
Mayville 802 April 15

Wor. V.
With great gratitude I received your instructions how to proceed in order to obtain a Transfer and having (as I suppose) complied therewith send them back for you S r . to accomplish the business and direct the same to Harmony Post-Office and Obidge yours with
Contiments of respect.
Rufus Fitch
Harmony April 14 th 1830
P.S. As to identification I have done what I could. The place of my Nativity was Con. and it is more than 40 years since I emigrated from that State so that I do not certainly know that there is an individual living who could testify he knew me when a Soldier (but my Creator knows) and I have testified under the solemnity of an Oath that I am the Identical Rufus Fitch who served in the revolutionary Army the 1 st Campaign in Gen. Putnam's Brigade consisting of ten Com. of 100 men in east Con. the second Campaign in the Reg t commanded by Col o John Durkee for one year then I continued as a Volunteer during the Winter in the State of New Jersey with the brave Jersey Blues in that critical state of the Army in the next Spring I enlisted under Capt. W. Bliss as a S er g t the Role of the Reg t if required to substantiate what I state Hon. V. S. Norton

Articles of A. N. C. Lot No. 194-370-3-25
NOTES OF VERMONT. 1818

ARTICLES OF AGREEMENT, MADE
this Twentieth day of September Eighteen Hundred and forty BETWEEN William Griffith and John B. Wallace Esqrs by their Attorneys Augustus Sackett & James Brown of the first part and William Smith Jr of the town of Vienna Oneida County State of New York of the Second Part, WITNESSETH, That the said Parties of the First Part, for the considera- tions hereinafter mentioned, have agreed to SELL and CONVEY unto the said Party of the second part, his heirs and assigns—all that parcel of Land situate in Brockport Township Warren County State of Pennsylvania being Lot No 198 in the tract of Land in said County late the property of the Holland Land Company described as contains Three hundred and thirty one Acres and Seventy Seven perches beside allowances, the rate of Sixty four perches to an acre
In consideration whereof, the said party of the second part, doth agree to pay unto the said parties of the first part, the sum of Three dollars per Acre  at the end of ten years from the first day of May last, in three equal annual payments at the end of five, six and seven years from the date hereof in manner following, viz. the sum of  second from 1st of May with interest of six per centum per annum, payable yearly after the first  second year, and do also agree that he the said party of the second part his heirs, executors or administrators, will, on or before the first day of May next ensuing, cause to be erected on said premises, a dwelling house, and become resident therein, and continue to reside therein, and also will cause to be cleared and im- proved, at least five acres on every hundred acres hereby contracted for, or after that rate for more or less land, which premises shall at all times remain liable to, and charged with the payment of the consideration monies aforesaid, and the interest accruing thereon, until paid, and the said party of the second part shall, from the date hereof, pay off and discharge all taxes and assessments which may hereafter be made on the said land so contracted for. And the said parties of the first part, do agree with the said party of the second part, that upon payment of the first instalment above mentioned, and the interest then due under this contract, (the improvement as aforesaid being also compleated) will execute to the said party of the second part, by themselves or by their attorney being fully authorized for said purpose, his heirs and assigns, a good and perfect Warranty Deed in fee, for said premises, free of any expense for said deed to the said party of the second part, provided however, that the said party of the second part, shall, on the giving of the said deed, give his Bond and Mortgage on the premises, for securing the residue of the consideration money and interest as aforesaid, if any shall then be due. And if the said party of the second part shall fail in building, becoming a resident, and improving as aforesaid, the parties of the first part, their heirs and assigns, shall be at liberty if so minded to sell and convey said premises to any other person free and clear of any claim or right of the said party of the second part his heirs, executors or administrators, under this agreement. No assignment of this contract shall be made or allowed, but if the said party of the second part shall be desirous of transferring his interest, he shall call upon the said Augustus Sackett, who may cancel this contract, and enter into new ones. There shall be reserved in every township of thirty thousand acres, one hundred acres for an Academy, and one hundred acres for Religious uses, to be at the disposal of the residents on the said thirty thousand acres, as soon as three-fourths of the same shall become occupied. The occupant of every farm of one hundred acres in the said thirty thousand, shall be subject to the payment of ten dollars in work materials or cash, as may be required to be applied towards building an Academy, and the further sum of ten dollars in like manner towards erecting a Church or Meeting-house, but these monies shall not be otherwise demanded, than by a majority of the inhabitants of said land, after three-fourths of the same shall be under use and occupation, which sums are intended to raise the amount of three thou-

Twenty seven perches beside aforesaid, the value of Six $ 60 cts. per highways
In consideration whereof, the said party of the second part, doth agree to pay unto the said parties of the first part, the sum of Three dollars per acre in manner following, viz. in three equal annual payments, at the end of five, six and seven years from the date hereof , at the end of ten years from the first day of May last with interest of six per centum per annum, payable yearly after the first  second from the first of May year, and do also agree that he the said party of the second part his heirs, executors or administrators, will, on or before the first  first day of May next ensuing, cause to be erected on said premises, a dwelling house, and become resident therein, and continue to reside therein, and also will cause to be cleared and improved, at least five acres on every hundred acres hereby contracted for, or after that rate for more or less land, which premises shall at all times remain liable to, and charged with the payment of the consideration monies aforesaid, and the interest accruing thereon, until paid, and the said party of the second part shall, from the date hereof, pay off and discharge all taxes and assessments which may hereafter be made on the said land so contracted for. And the said parties of the first part, do agree with the said party of the second part, that upon payment of the first instalment above mentioned, and the interest then due under this contract, (the improvement as aforesaid being also compleated) will execute to the said party of the second part, by themselves or by their attorney being fully authorized for said purpose, his heirs and assigns, a good and perfect Warranty Deed in fee, for said premises, free of any expense for said deed to the said party of the second part, provided however, that the said party of the second part, shall, on the giving of the said deed, give his Bond and Mortgage on the premises, for securing the residue of the consideration money and interest as aforesaid, if any shall then be due. And if the said party of the second part shall fail in building, becoming a resident, and improving as aforesaid, the parties of the first part, their heirs and assigns, shall be at liberty if so minded to sell and convey said premises to any other person free and clear of any claim or right of the said party of the second part his heirs, executors or administrators, under this agreement. No assignment of this contract shall be made or allowed, but if the said party of the second part shall be desirous of transferring his interest, he shall call upon the said Augustus Sacket, who may cancel this contract, and enter into new ones. There shall be reserved in every township of thirty thousand acres, one hundred acres for an Academy, and one hundred acres for Religious uses, to be at the disposal of the residents on the said thirty thousand acres, as soon as three-fourths of the same shall become occupied. The occupant of every farm of one hundred acres in the said thirty thousand, shall be subject to the payment of ten dollars in work materials or cash, as may be required to be applied towards building an Academy, and the further sum of ten dollars in like manner towards erecting a Church or Meeting-house, but these monies shall not be otherwise demanded, than by a majority of the inhabitants of said land, after three-fourths of the same shall be under use and occupation, which sums are intended to raise the amount of three thousand dollars for an Academy, and the further sum of three thousand dollars for a House of Public Worship, in each of the said townships. And the said farms shall be subject in the year 1821, unless sooner required by the inhabitants of said townships, to the further payment of twenty dollars, to be applied in the establishment of a College, which is intended and will raise upwards of seventy thousand dollars for that purpose. By all which means it is intended that there shall be twelve Academies, and twelve farms of one hundred acres each for their uses; twelve places of public worship, and twelve farms of one hundred acres each for their uses, and a College. And it is further understood that there shall be reserved for high-ways or roads, six acres on every hundred acres.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties to this agreement have hereto set their hands and seals the day and year first above written
Sealed and delivered in the presence of
The words "in three equal annual payments at the end of five, six and seven years from the date hereof" were stricken out and "at the end of ten years from the first day of May last" inserted and the words "first" stricken out and "second" inserted before execution hereof.
Isaac S. Fitch Gathorn H. Sacket
William Griffith John B. Walker by their Attorneys Augustus Sacket, Isaac Brown Wm. Smith per

For value recd I do assign all my right title & interest of the within article to Jasper Fitch his heirs administrators & assigns Newville Oct 22 nd 1829 Wm Smith Jr.
For value recd I do here by transfer and assign over all my right title & interest property claim and demands what soever in and to the within mentioned article to Horatio Dix his heirs and assigns for ever february the 29. 1829
Signed sealed and delivered In the presence of A. H. Willes
Benjamin Fitch Asa Fitch

Rev. Sec. H.S.G. 1
137 South St., Morristown, N.J., Aug. 12, 1916.
Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen:-
Will you kindly let me have any information on file covering the family, place of residence and service of the following Revolutionary War soldiers, pensioned:
Sgt. Rufus Fitch, Capt. Wills Clift's Co., Pen. N.Y. John Lillie " " " Thomas Jones " " " Wm. Lashford Zenas Hathaway Comfort Redway Abraham and Ephriam Tillotson, Capt. John Skinner.
All of these men were in the 3d Conn. Line, but I am not sure whether they were pensioned in N.Y. or in Conn.
Very truly yours,
(Miss ) Carlotta B. Capshaw
I wrote telling her she could only have four this is her way of replying search those not crossed out